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Governor Patrick in Lowell It was great to see Governor Patrick in Lowell on Tuesday, bringing even more state money to the city. The Governor’s opening comment – that when he looked around he could not see a building that had not benefited from state funding in some way –…
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Read More »Book Launch. Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, Lowell MA. October 15, 2014.
Read More »Thank you to everyone who last night attended or wanted to attend (but could not) the book launch for ‘Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park.” We had a big crowd at the National Park Visitor Center. UTEC provided the food. Park staff made all the…
Read More »Congratulations to co-blogger Paul Marion for the very successful launch event for his new book, Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park tonight at the National Park Visitor Center. The VC theater was packed with well-wishers who heard several people whose interviews are prominently featured from…
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick traveled to Lowell (again) yesterday to deliver the $15mil needed for the reconstruction of the Lord Overpass. This infrastructure work is critical to the success of the entire Hamilton Canal District, particularly the Judicial Center. Standing in the open lot at the end of Jackson Street that…
Read More »White tips on the close-cropped sloping lawns of the Common this morning before the sun is full up. Trees coming to total change, some of them most of the way there. Saturated crimson crown near the corner of Thorndike and Highland. Big honking candy-corn orange maple blasts color near the…
Read More »Governor Patrick Coming to Lowell Governor Deval Patrick will be in Lowell this coming Tuesday, October 14 at 11:30 a.m. at the end of Jackson Street to provide an update on the $15 million state-funded project to re-design the Lord Overpass. Besides easing that traffic bottleneck the Overpass work will…
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Read More »My book “Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park” begins with a chapter that offers the reader historical background for the late 20th-century story about to be told. I wanted to provide context for readers unfamiliar with Lowell and to set the stage for the enormous…
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